SM Entertainment launched its new girl band, six years after Red Velvet, in 2014, with the name Aespa. The word is derived from combining the suffix words Avatar and Experience and merging them with the initials of the English word “aspect,” giving a meaning of “to meet another self of your’s and experience the new …
Aespa, written as 에스파 in Korean, is the fourth-generation K-pop group of girls like NewJeans and ITZY. The group name Aespa is formed by three English words: “avatar, experience, and aspect,” which means “to be able to meet your new aspect of an avatar and experience a new world.” SM Entertainment introduced Aespa, consisting of 4 girls named Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning, after …